Abraham Lincoln deathbed photo taken ‘hours after assassination’ is ‘99% genuine’ say
Taken hours after death.
The picture has been the subject of debate with some experts convinced it shows the body of the 16th president of the US, while others have rubbished the claim.
Abraham Lincoln was killed on April 14 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and spy of the Confederate States.
The president had been watching the stage play, Our American Cousin with his wife, Mary Todd at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C, before he was fatally shot in the head.
He was taken to a boardinghouse across the street where doctors battled to save his life after he slipped into a coma for eight hours.
Lincoln died early the next morning.
The documentary now aims to determine whether the body seen in the photograph is indeed that of Lincoln’s.
The picture shows a man with a narrow face and a beard laying down and staring lifelessly into the distance.
It also shows that the man’s right eye appears to be bulging as a result of an unknown wound.